
Never Been Done Before
When devising the Constitution in 1787, the Founding Fathers knew they needed a mechanism for further accountability, but was uncertain as to its eventual course. They had written into the Constitution a system of checks and balances with one primary gap: who governs the government? For, Article I, Section 5 says, “Each House (of Congress) may determine the Rules of its Proceedings”. This disciplining of itself became an invitation to corruption. The Founding Fathers did n
Economic State of the Union Views
The Economic State of the Union augments use of conservative positions by prominent administrations such as Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Richard M. Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush, while it espouses a more moderate policy with populist overtones made by Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. In that sense, the speech is not purely conservative or liberal. It is an appeal to the two most prominent political parties to see more eye-to-eye on issues that have